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shrinking
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1 shrinking
Process or result of becoming less or smaller.
synoniem: shrinkage.
Roget 195:
contraction,
reduction,
diminution;
decrease of size
etc.
36;
defalcation,
decrement;
lessening,
shrinking
etc.
v.;
compaction;
tabes†,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction†,
consumption,
marasmus†,
atrophy;
systole,
neck,
hourglass.
condensation,
compression,
compactness;
compendium
etc.
596;
squeezing
etc.
v.;
strangulation;
corrugation;
astringency;
astringents,
sclerotics;
contractility,
compressibility;
coarctation†.
inferiority in size.
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Roget 603:
unwillingness
etc.
adj.;
indisposition,
indisposedness†;
disinclination,
aversation†;
nolleity†,
nolition†;
renitence†,
renitency;
reluctance;
indifference
etc.
866;
backwardness
etc.
adj.;
slowness
etc.
275;
want of alacrity,
want of readiness;
indocility
etc.
(obstinacy)
606†.
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity;
qualms of conscience,
twinge of conscience;
delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fastidiousness
etc.
868.
averseness
etc.
(dislike)
867†;
dissent
etc.
489;
refusal
etc.
764.
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Roget 36:
decrease,
diminution;
lessening
etc.
v.;
subtraction
etc.
38;
reduction,
abatement,
declension;
shrinking
etc.
(contraction.)
195;
coarctation†;
abridgment
etc.
(shortening)
201;
extenuation.
subsidence,
wane,
ebb,
decline;
ebbing;
descent
etc.
306;
decrement,
reflux,
depreciation;
deterioration
etc.
659;
anticlimax;
mitigation
etc.
(moderation)
174.
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Nederlands: inkrimping, krimp
Pools: obkurczenie się, ściągnięcie się, skurczenie się
2 shrinking
The act of becoming less.
Nederlands: inkrimping, krimp
Pools: chudnięcie
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